Innovation Briefs

Ocular adnexal lymphoma staging and treatment: A Multi-center Cooperative Study
The European Journal of Ophthalmology 2013 Apr 22;23(3):344-55. Graue GF, Finger PT, Maher E, Della Rocca D, Della...
Eye Cancer Network Case #9: Squamous Conjunctival Neoplasia
History#1: A man with a past ocular history of glaucoma (status-post trabeculectomy) and macular degeneration was referred to The New York Eye...
3-Dimensional Ultrasonography Risks Extinction
Oblique sections demonstrate high reflectivity of the plaque's posterior surface. 3D ultrasound (OPKO, http://www.opko.com/) has been used to...
Whole Body FDG- PET / CT
Abdominal Section: Note that the fusion of the black and white forms seen on CT with the color (metabolic activity seen on PET) reveals liver...
Chemotherapy Eye Drops For Malignant Conjunctival Tumors
External photograph shows the pigmented tumor "melanoma" in the conjunctiva. Current treatments for conjunctival cancer has included surgical...
Amniotic Membrane is Used to Protect the Cornea During Plaque Radiation Therapy
Amniotic Membrane Graft on the Cornea (Arrow) affixed beneath a Custom Gold Eye Plaque Patients with melanomas of the iris and ciliary body are...
25 Gauge Incision Anterior Segment Surgery Found Helpful for Both Tumor Biopsy and Narrow Angle Glaucoma
The day after the 1 mm incision "FIT" biopsy, a slit lamp photograph shows the partial thickness biopsy of the tumor. Iris, iridociliary, and...
18FDG PET/CT SUV: A Noninvasive Biomarker For the Risk of Metastasis from Choroidal Melanoma
The authors correlated the clinical, ultrasound, and pathology features of eyes evaluated by FDG positron emission tomography / computed tomography...
Laser photocoagulation for radiation retinopathy
Dr. Finger uses scatter laser photocoagulation to prevent radiation related retinopathy, maculopathy, and loss of vision. As published in the British...
Chemoreduction of Orbital Tumors
Note the large nodular basal cell carcinoma on the right lower eye lid and cheek prior to cis-platinum chemotherapy. Note the large nodular basal...
Brachytherapy Boost For Orbital Tumors
After seed implantation, an x-ray is used to document radioactive seed locations and allow for in vivo dosimetry. Brachytherapy Boost Technique...
Laser-Assisted Resection of Eyelid Tumors
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common malignancy of the eyelid margins, is commonly treated with surgery, radiation therapy, and cryotherapy. A...
The Expandable Orbital Implant
The expandable orbital implant has an anterior injection portal, rectus muscle placement grooves, and 4 independently expandable/deflatable...
Hyperthermic Treatment of Intraocular Tumors
Ten years after treatment the tumor has regressed to scar with scleral show. An anterior choroidal melanoma prior to I-125 /microwave...
Hyperthermic Treatment of Intraocular Tumors
An anterior choroidal melanoma prior to I-125 /microwave thermoradiotherapy. Heat "Hyperthermia" has been used to make radiation more effective...
Diode-Light Transillumination
Ophthalmic plaque brachytherapy has become the most common eye-sparing technique for the treatment of intraocular tumors. Eye plaques are...
High Frequency Ultrasonography - A New View of Iris and Ciliary Body Tumors
Case 1: Dynamic Scanning Case 1: An Iris Melanoma before Dilation Case 1: An Iris Melanoma after Dilation Notice the...